Soulsmith

A Perfect Blend of Character Progression and Hard Magic

This was the most fun book I’ve read in quite a while. It’s a worthy successor to

Unsouled, which I also enjoyed significantly. If you liked Unsouled, I think you’ll

like this as well.

The bottom line? Will Wight is defining a new genre that blends the long-term

character progression of Eastern fiction with Sanderson-esque hard magic - and I

can’t wait to read more.

Brilliant Character personality writing. Progressive growth in power. Engaging

story. Fun and Action Packed.

Will Wight does a great job of making a reader emphatize with his main

characters. The story feels reasonably realistic and the world feels harsh, as well

as well developed and enticing.

This is the kind of story where the protagonists grow from strength to strength -

my favourite kind. The main character is absolutely weak compared to the people

around him, but has energy, drive and cunning. He knows how to think on his feet

and his interactions with the world and people around him feel substantial and

real.

The rubber meets the road

I just love that Wight doesn’t give Lindon anything freely. No gods granting him

powers, no personal epiphanies unveiling surprising abilities, just his own grit and

determination as he claws his way forward even as he’s shoved two steps back.

His newest and extremely powerful benefactor could have been framed as an

easy-way-out solution to leveling Lindon up quickly and efficiently, but it’s already

clear that nothing about his plans will be straightforward or easy.

My favorite story yet from Will Wight

The real prize in this story however, is the magic system Mr. Wight has created to

fuel the plot. He gives enough detail about how and why the Sacred Arts work to

satisfy my technical curiosity, but was also able to structure things in a way that

there aren’t really any boundaries to this power. The author is pretty much

unrestricted in the fireworks he can show us, and have it still make perfect sense

in the storyline.

Will Wight is the New York Times and #1 Kindle best-selling author of The Cradle series, as well as The Traveler’s Gate trilogy and the Elder Empire cycle, though these titles may differ in alternate timelines. His true power is only unleashed during a full moon when he transforms into a monstrous mongoose.

Will lives in Florida, lurking beneath the swamps to ambush prey. He graduated from the University of Central Florida where he received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and a cursed coin of Spanish gold.

If you believe you have experienced a sighting of Will Wight, please report it to the agents listening from your attic. To contact him, you can comment on his website, visit his official Facebook page, track him down on Instagram, or write his name thirty-three times on the beach at low tide. Any of the above will cause him to call to you from the waves.

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